Automatic Moving Device, Automatic Working System and Control Method Thereof

ABSTRACT

A control method of an automatic working system, which comprises the following steps: a signal generating device generates a boundary signal; the boundary signal flows through the boundary wire to generate an electromagnetic field; a detecting device on an automatic moving device detects the electromagnetic field to generate a detection signal, amplify the detection signal to form a gain signal, compare an feature point of the gain signal with a preset condition, the preset condition comprising: the feature point is lower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lower threshold value, then automatically adjust the gain signal according to a comparing result, such that the feather point of the gain signal formed after adjusting accords with the preset condition, further to process the gain signal, An automatic working system and an automatic moving device also be disclosed.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an automatic working system, inparticular to a system controlling an automatic moving device to work ina working region.

The present invention relates to a control method, in particular to acontrol method controlling an automatic moving device to work in aworking region.

The present invention relates to an automatic moving device, inparticular to an automatic moving device working and moving in a workingregion automatically.

BACKGROUND

Along with the development of science and technology, an intelligentautomatic moving device is known by people very well, since theautomatic moving device can execute preset related tasks by anautomatically preset program without artificial operation andintervention, and is thus industrial application and application onhousehold products is very wide. The industrial application comprisesfor example robots executing various functions, the application on thehousehold products comprises for example a mower, a dust collector andthe like, and these intelligent automatic moving devices greatly savepeople's time and bring great convenience to industrial production andhousehold life.

Such automatic moving device usually moves in a preset working regionautomatically without leaving the preset working region. An outerboundary of the preset working region is determined by adopting aboundary wire generally. The boundary wire is a common wire generally.

A current flows by the boundary wire marking the outer boundary of theworking region. A generated electric field or magnetic field can bedetected by a proper sensor in the automatic moving device, a detectedsignal is then transmitted to a processor built in the automatic movingdevice, and a processor compares the obtained signal with a presetjudging criterion in a memory, and thus obtains whether the automaticmoving device is in the working region or not.

SUMMARY

As shown in FIG. 1, in a simple embodiment, the automatic working systemcomprises a signal generating device 80′, a boundary wire 50′electrically connected to the signal generating device, and an automaticmoving device 10′. The boundary wire 50′ defined a working region 30′surrounded by the boundary wire 50′ and a non-working region 70′ locatedoutside a circle of the boundary wire 50′. The signal generating device80′ generates a periodic current signal SS as shown in FIG. 2. Thecurrent signal SS will generate an electromagnetic field 90′ changed bytaking the boundary wire 50′ as a center when flows through the boundarywire 50′. At any moment, the polarity of the electromagnetic field 90′in the working region 30′ is opposite to that in the non-working region70′.

The automatic moving device 10′ further comprises a signal detectingdevice 20′ and a processor (not shown). The signal detecting device 20′is usually a sensing coil, which generates a detection signal by sensingthe changed electromagnetic field 90′, such as an AC voltage or ACcurrent. The processor receives and processes the detection signal, andcompares the detection signal with a threshold value preset in theprocessor, when an amplitude of the voltage or current exceeds thethreshold value, the processor indicates the automatic moving device 10′to get away from the boundary wire 50′ of the working region. When theautomatic working device crosses the boundary wire 50′ to enter thenon-working region 70′, since the polarity of the magnetic field 90′ isreversed, a phase of the detection signal sensed by a signal detectingdevice 110′ is also reversed. The processor judges that the automaticworking device is in the non-working region 70′ by recognizing that thephase direction of the detection signal is different from a preset phasedirection.

In an actual working scenario, the automatic working device 10′ isnecessarily provided with a motor driving the automatic working deviceto walk and/or a motor driving mowing or dust collecting and otherworking parts of the automatic working device to work, and the operationof the motor will generate an electromagnetic field. Suchelectromagnetic field will be sensed by the signal detecting device 110′to generate a voltage or current signal. Therefore, the detection signalreceived by the processor actually contains an interference signalbrought by the motor. When judging and controlling by adopting theinterfered detection signal, the processor often misjudges the insideand outside and sends a control command not according with an actualcondition.

In the actual working scenario, when different adjacent working regionsexist, the electromagnetic fields generated by the boundary wire ofdifferent working regions will cross. Therefore, the detection signalsobtained by sensing of the automatic working devices in respectiveworking regions necessarily contain the interference brought by theadjacent electromagnetic fields. Therefore, the detection signalsreceived by the respective processors actually contain the interferencesignals brought by the electromagnetic fields in the adjacent workingregions. When judging and controlling by adopting the interfereddetection signal, the processor often misjudges the inside and outsideand sends a control command not according with an actual condition.

In the actual working scenario, the automatic working device 10′necessarily works in a free space, while various electromagnetic wavessent by various radio devices or other types of devices exist in thefree space. A certain electromagnetic signal is possibly sensed by thesignal detecting device 110′ at a certain moment. Therefore, thedetection signal SJ′ received by the processor actually contains theinterference signal brought by electromagnetic waves in the free space.When judging and controlling by adopting the interfered detection signalSJ′, the processor often misjudges the inside and outside and sends acontrol command not according with an actual condition.

Therefore, it is necessary to design a control method capable of simplyand effectively eliminating or reducing various interference signalsmentioned above and an automatic working system applying such controlmethod.

The embodiments of the invention solve a technical problem aboutproviding an automatic working system, a control method and an automaticmoving device, which can automatically adjust the size of a detectionsignal and eliminating or reducing an interference signal.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a technical solution ofthe embodiments of present invention is: a control method of anautomatic working system, said automatic working system comprises asignal generating device for generating a current signal, said currentsignal generating an electromagnetic field when flowing through aboundary wire; and an automatic moving device, said automatic movingdevice having at least one detecting device for detecting saidelectromagnetic field; the control method comprising the followingsteps:

detecting said electromagnetic field, and generating at least onedetection signal;

amplifying said at least one detection signal to form at least one gainsignal;

determining a feature point of said gain signal according to apreprocessing condition, said preprocessing condition comprising thatsaid feature point is a point in a function relation with an extremepoint of said gain signal;

comparing said at least one feature point with a preset condition, saidpreset condition comprising that said feature point is lower than anupper threshold value and higher than a lower threshold value;

if said feature point is higher than said upper threshold value, thenreduce an amplification factor of said gain signal, if said featurepoint is lower than said lower threshold value, then increase anamplification factor of said gain signal, such that said gain signalformed after adjusting accords with said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, said feature point comprises an extreme pointof said gain signal, and said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, then adjust said theamplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing the at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, the step of amplifying said at least onedetection signal to form at least one gain signal can be performed by aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, the step of amplifying said at least onedetection signal to form at least one gain signal can be performed by afixed gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier is are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said gain signal according with saidpreset condition is output, further comprising an analog to digitalconversion step for converting said gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said digital signal is formed, furthercomprising a denoising step for removing an interference signal of saiddigital signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said denoising step, further comprisinga judging step, for judging that said detecting device is in or outsidesaid boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal and forming atleast one moving signal, and after said judging step, further comprisinga driving step for driving said automatic moving device to moveaccording to said at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, amplifying said first detection signal andsaid second detection signal to form a first gain signal and a secondgain signal, compare said first detection signal and said seconddetection signal with said preset condition respectively, and adjustamplification factors of said first gain signal and said second gainsignal are respectively according to a comparing result.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic working system, comprising:

a signal generating device, configured to generate a current signal;

a boundary wire, forming an electric loop with said signal generatingdevice, said current signal flowing through said boundary wire togenerate an electromagnetic field;

an automatic moving device, automatically moving and working in aworking region defined by said boundary wire,

said automatic moving device comprising at least one detecting device,further comprising an adjusting module and a comparing module;

said at least one detecting device detects said electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal, and said adjusting moduleamplifies said at least one detection signal to form at least one gainsignal;

determining a feature point of said gain signal according to apreprocessing condition, and said preprocessing condition comprises thatsaid feature point is a point in a function relation with an extremepoint of said gain signal;

said comparing module compares said at least one feature point with apreset condition, said preset condition comprising that said featurepoint is lower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lowerthreshold value;

if said feature point is higher than said upper threshold value, thensaid adjusting module reduces an amplification factor of said gainsignal, if said feature point is lower than said lower threshold value,then said adjusting module increases an amplification factor of saidgain signal, such that said gain signal formed after adjusting accordswith said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, said feature point comprises an extreme pointof said gain signal, and said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, said adjusting moduleadjusts the amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing said at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises a fixed gainamplifier.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter iselectrically connected to said adjusting module, configured to convertsaid gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

In one of the embodiments, a denoising module is electrically connectedto said analog to digital converter, configured to remove aninterference signal of said digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, a judging module is electrically connected tosaid denoising module, configured to judge that said detecting device isin or outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andthen forms at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, a controller is electrically connected tosaid judging module, configured to receive said moving signal to drivesaid automatic moving device to move.

In one of the embodiments, said comparing module, said adjusting module,said analog to digital converter, said denoising module and said judgingmodule are integrated in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module amplifies said firstdetection signal and said second detection signal to form a first gainsignal and a second gain signal respectively, said comparing modulecompares said first gain signal and said second gain signal with saidpreset condition respectively, and said adjusting module adjusts anamplification factor of said first gain signal and said second gainsignal respectively according to a comparing result.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic moving device, comprising:

at least one detecting device, at least one fixed gain amplifier,further comprising an adjusting module and a comparing module;

said at least one detecting device detects electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal, said at least one fixed gainamplifier amplifies said at least one detection signal to form at leastone gain signal;

determining a feature point of said gain signal according to apreprocessing condition, said preprocessing condition comprises thatsaid feature point is a point in a function relation with an extremepoint of said gain signal;

said comparing module compares said at least one feature point with apreset condition, said preset condition comprising that said featurepoint is lower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lowerthreshold value;

if said feature point is higher than said upper threshold value, thensaid adjusting module reduces an amplification factor of said gainsignal, if said feature point is lower than said lower threshold value,then said adjusting module increases an amplification factor of saidgain signal, such that said gain signal formed after adjusting accordswith said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, the feature point comprises an extreme pointof said gain signal, and said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or the valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, said adjusting moduleadjusts said amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing said at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, a level of said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels, and saidamplification factor of said programmable gain amplifier is ½ to 16times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises a fixed gainamplifier.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter electricallyconnected to said adjusting module, configured to convert said gainsignal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

The embodiments of present invention also provide a technical solution,a control method of an automatic working system, said automatic workingsystem comprises: a signal generating device for generating a currentsignal, said current signal generating an electromagnetic field whenflowing through a boundary wire; and an automatic moving device, saidautomatic moving device having at least one detecting device fordetecting the electromagnetic field; comprising the following steps:

detecting said electromagnetic field, and generating at least onedetection signal;

amplifying said at least one detection signal to form at least one gainsignal;

comparing at least one extreme point of said gain signal with a presetcondition, said preset condition comprising that said extreme point islower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lower thresholdvalue;

if said extreme point is higher than said upper threshold value, thenreduce an amplification factor of said gain signal, if said extremepoint is lower than said lower threshold value, then increase anamplification factor of said gain signal, such that the gain signalformed after adjusting accords with said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, the amplificationfactor of said gain signal is adjusted.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing the at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, the step of amplifying said at least onedetection signal to form at least one gain signal can be performed by aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, the step of amplifying said at least onedetection signal to form at least one gain signal can be performed by afixed gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, the amplification factor of said programmablegain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said gain signal according with saidpreset condition is output, further comprising an analog to digitalconversion step for converting said gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said digital signal is formed, furthercomprising a denoising step for removing an interference signal of saiddigital signal.

In one of the embodiments, after said denoising step, further comprisinga judging step, for judging that said detecting device is in or outsidethe boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal and forming atleast one moving signal, and after said judging step, further comprisinga driving step for driving said automatic moving device to moveaccording to said at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said first detection signal and said seconddetection signal are amplified to form a first gain signal and a secondgain signal, which are compared with said preset condition respectively,and amplification factors of said first gain signal and said second gainsignal are respectively adjusted according to a comparing result.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic working system, comprising:

a signal generating device, configured to generate a current signal;

a boundary wire, forming an electric loop with said signal generatingdevice, the current signal flowing through a boundary wire to generatean electromagnetic field;

an automatic moving device, automatically moving and working in aworking region planned by said boundary wire;

said automatic moving device comprising at least one detecting device,and further comprising a comparing module and an adjusting module;

said at least one detecting device detects said electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal, and said adjusting moduleamplifies said at least one detection signal to form at least one gainsignal;

said comparing module compares at least one extreme point of said gainsignal with a preset condition, said preset condition comprising thatsaid extreme point is lower than an upper threshold value and higherthan a lower threshold value;

if said extreme point is higher than said upper threshold value, thensaid adjusting module reduces an amplification factor of said gainsignal, if said extreme point is lower than said lower threshold value,then said adjusting module increases an amplification factor of saidgain signal, such that said gain signal formed after adjusting accordswith said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, said adjusting moduleadjusts the amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing said at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module comprises a fixed gainamplifier.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, the amplification factor of said programmablegain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter iselectrically connected to said adjusting module, configured to convertsaid gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

In one of the embodiments, a denoising module is electrically connectedto said analog to digital converter, configured to remove aninterference signal of said digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, a judging module is electrically connected tosaid denoising module, configured to judge that said detecting device isin or outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andthen forms at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, a controller is electrically connected tosaid judging module, configured to receive said moving signal to drivesaid automatic moving device to move.

In one of the embodiments, said comparing module, said adjusting module,said analog to digital converter, said denoising module and said judgingmodule are integrated in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module amplifies said firstdetection signal and said second detection signal to form a first gainsignal and a second gain signal respectively, said comparing modulecompares said first gain signal and said second gain signal with saidpreset condition respectively, and said adjusting module adjusts anamplification factor of said first gain signal and said second gainsignal respectively according to a comparing result.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic moving device, comprising:

at least one detecting device, at least one fixed gain amplifier, acomparing module and an adjusting module;

said at least one detecting device detects the electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal, said at least one fixed gainamplifier amplifies said at least one detection signal to form at leastone gain signal;

said comparing module compares at least one extreme point of said gainsignal with a preset condition, said preset condition comprising thatsaid extreme point is lower than an upper threshold value and higherthan a lower threshold value;

if said extreme point is higher than said upper threshold value, thensaid adjusting module reduces an amplification factor of said gainsignal, if said extreme point is lower than said lower threshold value,then said adjusting module increases an amplification factor of saidgain signal, such that said gain signal formed after adjusting accordswith said preset condition.

In one of the embodiments, said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or a valley value of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, said adjusting modulesadjusts the amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said automatic moving device furthercomprises a processor for processing said at least one gain signal, andsaid preset condition is disposed in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, the adjusting modules comprises aprogrammable gain amplifier.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting modules comprises a fixed gainamplifier.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, the amplification factor of said programmablegain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter iselectrically connected to said adjusting module, configured to convertsaid gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

In one of the embodiments, a denoising module is electrically connectedto said adjusting module, configured to remove an interference signal ofsaid digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, a judging module is electrically connected tosaid denoising module, configured to judge that said detecting device isin or outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andthen forms at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, a controller is electrically connected tosaid judging module, configured to receive the moving signal to drivesaid automatic moving device to move.

In one of the embodiments, said comparing module, said adjusting module,said analog to digital converter, said denoising module and said judgingmodule are integrated in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect theelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said adjusting module amplifies said firstdetection signal and said second detection signal to form a first gainsignal and a second gain signal respectively, said comparing modulecompares said first gain signal and said second gain signal with saidpreset condition respectively, and said adjusting module adjusts anamplification factor of said first gain signal and said second gainsignal respectively according to a comparing result.

In one of the embodiments, said first detecting device and said seconddetecting device are symmetric about a middle axis of said automaticmoving device.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic working system, comprising:

a signal generating device, configured to generate a current signal;

a boundary wire, forming an electric loop with said signal generatingdevice, said current signal flowing through said boundary wire togenerate an electromagnetic field;

an automatic moving device, automatically moving and working in aworking region planned by said boundary wire,

said automatic moving device comprising at least one detecting device,and a processor;

said at least one detecting device detects said electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal,

said processor comprises a programmable gain amplifier and a comparingmodule;

said programmable gain amplifier amplifies said at least one detectionsignal to form at least one gain signal;

said comparing module compares said gain signal with a preset condition,according to a comparing result, said programmable gain amplifierautomatically adjust an amplification factor of said gain signal, suchthat said gain signal formed after adjusting accords with said presetcondition.

In one of the embodiments, a controller is electrically connected tosaid processor, configured to receive a signal output from saidprocessor to drive said automatic moving device to move.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of the amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said preset condition comprises that anextreme point of said gain signal is lower than an upper threshold valueand higher than a lower threshold value.

In one of the embodiments, said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or valley value of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or valley valuedoes not accord with said preset condition, said programmable gainamplifier adjusts the amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said preset condition is disposed in saidprocessor.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter iselectrically connected to said programmable gain amplifier, configuredto convert said gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

In one of the embodiments, a denoising module is electrically connectedto said analog to digital converter, configured to remove aninterference signal of said digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, a judging module is electrically connected tosaid denoising module, configured to judge that the detecting device isin or outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andthen forms at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, said comparing module, said programmable gainamplifier, said analog to digital converter, said denoising module andsaid judging module are integrated in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said fixed gain amplifier amplifies saidfirst detection signal and said second detection signal to form a firstgain signal and a second gain signal respectively, said comparing modulecompares said first gain signal and said second gain signal with saidpreset condition respectively, and said programmable gain amplifieradjusts an amplification factor of said first gain signal and saidsecond gain signal respectively according to a comparing result.

The embodiments of the present invention also provide a technicalsolution, an automatic moving device, comprising:

at least one detecting device, at least one fixed gain amplifier and aprocessor, said processor internally comprises a programmable gainamplifier and a comparing module;

said at least one detecting device detects the electromagnetic field togenerate at least one detection signal,

said at least one fixed gain amplifier amplifies said at least onedetection signal to form at least one gain signal;

said comparing module compares said gain signal with a preset condition,according to a comparing result, said programmable gain amplifierautomatically adjusts an amplification factor of said gain signal, suchthat said gain signal formed after adjusting accords with said presetcondition.

In one of the embodiments, a controller is electrically connected tosaid processor, configured to receive a signal output from saidprocessor to drive said automatic moving device to move.

In one of the embodiments, a level of said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels.

In one of the embodiments, a level of said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier are 5 levels.

In one of the embodiments, said amplification factor of saidprogrammable gain amplifier is ½ to 16 times of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said preset condition comprises that anextreme point of said gain signal is lower than said upper thresholdvalue and higher than said lower threshold value.

In one of the embodiments, said extreme point comprises a peak valueand/or valley value of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, when one of said peak value or said valleyvalue does not accord with said preset condition, said programmable gainamplifier adjusts said amplification factor of said gain signal.

In one of the embodiments, said upper threshold value and said lowerthreshold value are fixed values.

In one of the embodiments, said preset condition is disposed in saidprocessor.

In one of the embodiments, an analog to digital converter electricallyconnected to said programmable gain amplifier, configured to convertsaid gain signal into a digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, said analog to digital converter is adifferential analog to digital converter.

In one of the embodiments, a denoising module is electrically connectedto said analog to digital converter, configured to remove aninterference signal of said digital signal.

In one of the embodiments, a judging module is electrically connected tosaid denoising module, configured to judge that said detecting device isin or outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andthen forms at least one moving signal.

In one of the embodiments, said comparing module, said programmable gainamplifier, said analog to digital converter, said denoising module andsaid judging module are integrated in said processor.

In one of the embodiments, said at least one detecting device comprisesa first detecting device and a second detecting device; said firstdetecting device and said second detecting device detect saidelectromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and a seconddetection signal respectively.

In one of the embodiments, said programmable gain amplifier amplifiessaid first detection signal and said second detection signal to form afirst gain signal and a second gain signal respectively, said comparingmodule compares said first gain signal and said second gain signal withsaid preset condition respectively, and said programmable gain amplifieradjusts an amplification factor of said first gain signal and saidsecond gain signal respectively according to a comparing result.

In one of the embodiments, said first detecting device and said seconddetecting device are symmetric about a middle axis of the automaticmoving device.

The embodiments of the present invention have the beneficial effects: byrecognizing an effective detected signal, a noise interference in theenvironment and the signal interference in adjacent systems can beeffectively removed, and the anti-interference capacity of the automaticworking system is improved. The recognition of the effective signalcomprises that through a preset upper threshold value and lowerthreshold value, a feature point of the adjusted detection signal isbetween the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value, suchthat the interference signal is effectively removed; the adjustingprocess of the above detection signal can be automatically adjustedthrough a programmable gain amplifier, the control algorithm forrecognition of the effective signal is effective, simple, and flexible,and not only the efficiency of the automatic working system improved,but also an implementing difficulty of hardware for recognizing theeffective signal is reduced.

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The technical problem solved by the embodiments of the presentinvention, the technical solution and the beneficial effects mentionedabove can be clearly obtained through the detailed description onspecific embodiments capable of realizing the present invention incombination with the drawings.

The same numbers and signs in the drawings and the specification areused for representing the same or equivalent elements.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic working system in priorart;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a current signal in the automaticworking system as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an automatic working system in anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a module diagram of an automatic moving device in anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an automatic moving device in anotherembodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 6a to 6c are schematic diagrams of reducing a first gain signal inan embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 7a to 7c are schematic diagrams of increasing a first gain signalin an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 8a to 8b are schematic diagrams of comparing a gain signal and asensitivity threshold value in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a module diagram of an automatic moving device in anotherembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a module diagram of an automatic moving device in furtherembodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 11a to 11b are comparison diagrams of detection signals of adifferential analog to digital converter and a common analog to digitalconverter in an embodiment of the present invention.

10/10′ Automatic working device 30/30′ Working region 50/50′ Boundarywire 70/70′ Non-working region 80/80′ Signal generating device 90/90′Magnetic field  102 Shell 104 Wheels  110 Detecting device 120 Offsetdevice 1101 First detecting device 130 Processor 1102 Second detectingdevice 140 Adjusting module 1401 Programmable gain amplifier 1402  Fixedgain amplifier  150 Differential analog to digital 160 Controllerconverter

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description and technical content about the embodiments ofthe present invention are explained as follows in combination with thedrawings, but appended drawings are merely used for providing referenceand explanation rather than limiting the embodiments of the presentinvention.

The automatic working system as shown in FIG. 3 comprises a signalgenerating device 80, configured to generate a current signal SS; aboundary wire 50, forming an electric loop with the signal generatingdevice 80, wherein the signal generating device 80 generates theboundary signal SS as shown in FIG. 2 and sends to the boundary wire 50,and the boundary signal SS generates a changed magnetic field 90 whenflowing through the boundary wire 50. As known by those skilled in theart, the boundary signal SS can also adopt a periodic pulse voltagesignal as not shown in FIG. 2, and other types of signal forms which cangenerate a changed magnetic field can also be adopted. The boundary wire50 is used for dividing a specific region into an inside region and anoutside region, wherein a range located in the boundary wire 50 isdefined as a working region 30, and a range located outside the boundarywire 50 is defined as a non-working region 70.

The automatic working system also comprises an automatic moving device10, which automatically moves and works in the working region 30 plannedby the boundary wire 50, the automatic moving device 10 comprises atleast one detecting device, as shown in FIG. 4, the automatic movingdevice 10 comprises a detecting device 110, and also comprises anadjusting module 140 and a comparing module, wherein, the comparingmodule is electrically connected to the adjusting module 140, and in oneof the embodiments disposed in the processor 130, and can also bedisposed outside the processor 130 according to needs and electricallyconnected to the processor 130; at least one detecting device 110detects the electromagnetic field 50 to generate at least one detectionsignal; the adjusting module 140 amplifies the at least one detectionsignal to form at least one gain signal; the comparing module comparesat least one extreme point of the gain signal with a preset condition,and the preset condition comprises that the extreme point is lower thanan upper threshold value and higher than a lower threshold value; if theextreme point is higher than the upper threshold value, then theadjusting module 140 reduces an amplification factor of the gain signal,and if the extreme point is lower than the lower threshold value, thenthe adjusting module 140 increases an amplification factor of the gainsignal, such that after adjusted, the formed gain signal accords withthe preset condition.

The extreme point in the preset point comprises a peak value and/or avalley value. When at least one of the peak value or the valley valuedoes not accords with the preset condition, the adjusting module 140adjusts the amplification factor of the gain signal. In one of theembodiments, the preset condition is disposed in the processor 130, itis understandable that the preset condition can also be not disposed inthe processor 130, is disposed in other positions of the automaticmoving device, and is fed back into the processor 130 through a circuit.The preset condition is described in detail in the following text.

In one of the embodiments, the upper threshold value and the lowerthreshold value can be fixed values and can be adjusted according todifferent conditions.

The automatic moving device 10 can be an automatic or semi-automaticmachine such as an intelligent mower, or a cleaning robot. In thefollowing embodiment, the intelligent mower is taken as an example ofthe automatic moving device 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic movingdevice 10 comprises a shell 102, a plurality of wheels 104 located onthe bottom of the shell 102, a motor located in the shell 102 (notshown), and a processor and a controller which control the automaticmoving device 10 to automatically work and automatically walk (notshown). As known by those skilled in the art, the quantity of the motorscan be one or more, and the motor is configured to drive the wheels 104to move or drive a working part (not shown) of the automatic movingdevice 10 to mow.

In one of the embodiments, the detecting device 110 of the automaticmoving device 10 is an inductance coil. In order to better sense achange of the electromagnetic field 90, the inductance coil 110 isusually vertically disposed on the automatic moving device 10, such thatan effective area of the electromagnetic field 90 sensed by theinductance coil 110 is the largest, the effective area is an areavertical to a direction of the magnetic field. Of course, the inductancecoil can also be disposed on the automatic moving device 10non-vertically, for example, disposed on the automatic moving device 10by 75° and 45° and other different angles. No matter the inductance coilis disposed on the automatic moving device 10 in which angle, only thecondition that the inductance coil has an effective area and can senseto generate the detection signal needs to be guaranteed.

Of course, the automatic moving device 10 can comprise a plurality ofdetecting devices, which detect the electromagnetic field 90 to generatea plurality of corresponding detection signals respectively, as shown inFIG. 5, the automatic moving device 10 comprises a first detectingdevice 1101 and a second detecting device 1102. The first detectingdevice 1101 and the second detecting device 1102 respectively detect achange of the magnetic field 90 to generate a first detection signal anda second detection signal. The first detecting device 1101 and thesecond detecting device 1102 are respectively located at two sides of amiddle axis Y of the automatic moving device 10, specifically symmetricabout the middle axis Y for example. Of course, the first detectingdevice 1101 and the second detecting device 1102 can also be located inother positions of the automatic moving device 10. When the automaticmoving device 10 has two charging docking terminals, the positions ofthe first detecting device 1101 and the second detecting device 1102 aresymmetric about the middle axis of the two charging docking terminals.The first detecting device 1101 and the second detecting device 1102 arerespectively located at different sides of the motor, specifically, forexample, the first detecting device 1101 is located at the right side ofthe motor and the second detecting device 1102 is located at the leftside of the motor.

When the automatic moving device 10 comprises more than or equal to twodetecting devices, a specific position of each detecting device on theautomatic moving device 10 can have many choices. Specifically, when theautomatic moving device 10 comprises three detecting devices, two ofwhich are located at left and right sides of the symmetric axisrespectively, and the last detecting device is located at some point onthe symmetric axis. The embodiments about the setting of the specificpositions are too many and are not repeated in the description. Theautomatic moving device 10 having one detecting device is taken as anembodiment for detailed description in the following text.

In order to avoid the processing complexity of an analog signal, thepresent embodiment performs analog-digital conversion on the detecteddetection signal, and then adopts a digital signal processor to performdenoising. As known by those skilled in the art, if the analog-digitalconversion is not performed, the denoising in the present embodiment canbe realized by using a corresponding hardware circuit.

In combination with what is shown in FIG. 4, the detecting device 110 ofthe automatic moving device can be electrically connected to one offsetdevice 120 as required, the offset device 120 can be electricallyconnected to a processor 130, which comprises a differential analog todigital converter 150 electrically connected to the adjusting module 140and the comparing module and having a memory space, and the processor130 also comprises a controller 160 electrically connected to thedifferential analog to digital converter 150. Those skilled in the artcan understand that the differential analog to digital converter 150 canalso not be provided with a memory, and the processor 130 is providedwith the memory space for storing a digital signal. The type of theprocessor 130 is for example ST MICROPROCESSOR.

The detecting device 110 detects a signal in the environment to form adetection signal ST1, the signal in the environment comprises a boundarysignal transmitted by the boundary wire and signals transmitted not bythe boundary wire, and the signals transmitted not by the boundary wiremainly comprise interference signals of adjacent working systems and anoise interference signal in the environment, etc. According todifferent conditions, the offset device 120 can upward offset, downwardoffset or fix the whole of the detection signal ST1 relative to a zeropoint, in one determined embodiment, one of the manners is selected toprocess the detection signal ST1, it needs to be pointed out that whenthe detection signal ST1 is upward offset, downward offset or fixedrelative to the zero point, the setting of numbers of the upperthreshold value and the lower threshold value in the preset condition isalso correspondingly moved according to movement of the detectionsignal, and the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value aredescribed in detail in the following text. The detection signal ST1through the offset device 120 is input to the adjusting module 140 andforms a gain signal SG1 through adjusting, the comparing module comparesan extreme point of the gain signal SG1 with the preset condition,according to a comparing result, the adjusting module 140 adjusts anamplification factor of the gain signal SG1, such that the adjusted gainsignal SG1 accords with the preset condition, the differential analog todigital converter 150 converts the gain signal SG1 accords with thepreset condition into a digital signal SD1, the processor 130 alsointernally comprises a denoising module and a judging module, thedenoising module removes an interference signal in the digital signalSD1 according to a denoising algorithm, for example, an interferencesignal of the adjacent system, a noise interference signal in theenvironment, an interference signal of the motor, etc., the judgingmodule judges whether the detecting device 110 is in or outside theboundary wire based on the denoised digital signal SD1, and sends amoving signal to the controller 160, and the controller 160 drives theautomatic moving device 10 to move based on the moving signal. Ofcourse, the processor 130 can also not internally comprise theadditional denoising module, and the interference signal is moved fromthe gain signal according with preset condition.

The controller 160 sends a corresponding control command to theautomatic moving device 10 based on the moving signal sent from theprocessor 130. For example, when the detecting device 110 does notdetect an effective signal, then the controller 160 does not send anyaction command, such that the automatic moving device 10 does not walkany more; when the detecting device 110 is in the non-working region,then the controller 160 sends a command to make the automatic movingdevice 10 get away from the non-working region. The specific controlcommand is designed by a user or designer self according to differentresults obtained from processing, and therefore, a logic therein is notrepeated.

In different embodiments, the processor 130 can adopt different extremepoints to compare with the preset condition, for example, adopt a peakvalue of the gain signal SG1 to compare with the preset condition, oradopt a valley value of the gain signal SG1 to compare with the presetsignal, such that the peak value or valley value of the gain signal SG1accords with the preset condition, or the peak value and valley value ofthe gain signal SG1 are adopted to compare with the preset condition atthe same time, and when one of the peak value and the valley value ofthe gain signal SG1 does not accord with the preset condition, theadjusting module 140 will adjust the gain signal SG1, such that the peakvalue and valley value of the gain signal SG1 accord with the presetcondition at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 6c , hereinafter, the comparison between the peak valueof the gain signal SG1 and the preset condition is adopted as an examplefor description, the preset condition preset by the processor 130comprises: in the direction of the peak value, a peak value Peak-Pos ofthe gain signal SG1 is higher than a lower threshold value VL1 and lowerthan an upper threshold value VU1.

As shown in FIGS. 6a-6c , after the comparing module compares, if thepeak value Peak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 is higher than the upperthreshold value VU1, then the adjusting module 140 reduces anamplification factor of the gain signal SG1, if the adjusted gain signalSG1 is still higher than the upper threshold value VU1, then theadjusting module 140 continues to reduce the amplification factor of thegain signal SG1 till the peak value Peak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 islower than the upper threshold value VU1 and higher than the lowerthreshold value VL1.

As shown in FIGS. 7a-7c , after the comparing module compares, if thepeak value Peak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 is lower than the lowerthreshold value VL1, then the an amplification factor of the gain signalSG1 is increased, if the adjusted gain signal SG1 is still lower thanthe lower threshold value VL1, then the adjusting module 140 continuesto increase the amplification factor of the gain signal SG1 till thepeak value Peak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 is higher than the lowerthreshold value VL1 and lower than the upper threshold value VU1.

The process of adjusting the valley value Peak-Neg of the gain signalSG1 is similar to that of adjusting the peak value Peak-Pos of the gainsignal SG1 and is not repeated herein.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, a sensitivitythreshold value can be disposed in the direction of the peak valuePeak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 or the direction of the valley valuePeak-Neg of the gain signal SG1, the quantity and position of thesensitivity threshold value are not defined, different quantities anddifferent positions can be set according to an actual condition, asshown in FIG. 8a , for example, a first sensitivity threshold value VM1is disposed in the direction of the peak value Peak-Pos of the gainsignal SG1, if the peak value Peak-Pos of the gain signal SG1 is higherthan the upper threshold value VU1 and also higher than the firstsensitivity value VM1, then the adjusting module 140 can reduce theamplification factor of the gain SG1 by two times according to aninternal algorithm to make the peak value Peak-Pos be lower than theupper threshold value VU1, if there is no first sensitivity thresholdvalue VM1, then the adjusting module 140 reduces the gain signal SG1 byone time, after reduced by one time, if the peak value Peak-Pos is stillhigher than the upper threshold value VU1, the adjusting module 140reduces the gain SG1 by one time again till the peak value Peak-Pos islower than the upper threshold value VU1, due to the setting of thesensitivity threshold value, the adjusting module 140 can directlyadjust the amplification factor accords with the preset conditioninstead of adjusting the gain signal SG1 level by level, such that theadjusting process of the adjusting module 140 is flexible and fast.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8b , in the direction of the peak valuePeak-Pos of the gain signal SG1, a second sensitivity threshold valueVM2 can be disposed below the lower threshold value VL1, and theamplification factor of the adjusting module 140 is decided according toa fact whether the peak value Peak-Pos is lower than the secondsensitivity threshold value VM2 or intersected with the secondsensitivity threshold value VM2 when lower than the lower thresholdvalue VL1.

Therefore, according to the need of the adjusting process, thesensitivity threshold value can be disposed in different positions inthe direction of the peak value of the gain signal SG1, and the quantityand position of the sensitivity threshold values are not limited.

In the direction of the valley value of the Peak-Neg of the gain signalSG1, the sensitivity threshold values of unlimited quantities andpositions can be set according to different conditions, and it issimilar to the setting principle in the direction of the peak valuePeak-Pos of the gain signal SG1, and is not repeated herein.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the extreme point of thegain signal SG1 may not be directly adopted to compare with the presetcondition, according to a preprocessing condition, a feature point ofthe gain signal SG1 is found, the feature point of the gain signal SG1is adopted to compare with the preset condition, the preprocessingcondition comprises that the feature point of the gain signal SG1 is apoint in a function relation with the extreme point of the gain signalSG1, for example, the feature point is a point at a 2/3 position of theextreme point, a point at a 4/5 position of the extreme point or theextreme point, and the extreme point is a peak value or valley value ofthe gain signal SG1.

It can be understood that, when select the feature point which is in afunction relation with an extreme point of the gain signal SG1 tocompare with the preset condition, the preset condition of the featurepoint also make a corresponding adjustment according to the selectedfunction relation. For example, when select the point at 2/3 times of anextreme point as the feature point, accordingly, set the upper thresholdvalue VU1′ and the lower threshold value VL1′ as 2/3 times of the upperthreshold value VU1 and the lower threshold value VL1, That is, theupper threshold value VU1′ in preset condition of the feature point is2/3VU1, the lower threshold value VL1′ is 2/3VL1.

The setting of the adjusting module 140 has many implementing manners.

First manner: as shown in FIG. 9, the adjusting module 140 comprises aprogrammable gain amplifier (PGA) 1401 in a processor 130 and alsocomprises a fixed gain amplifier 1402, connected to the PGA 1401,outside processor 130, the amplification factor of the fixed gainamplifier 1402 is fixed, for example, a value between 100-200 times,such that the detecting device 110 can always detect the boundary signalin the working region, the PGA 1401 in the processor 130 automaticallyadjusts the gain signal SG1 amplified by the fixed gain amplifier 1402according to a feedback of the adjusting module, such that the adjustedgain signal SG1 accords with the preset condition, therefore, thedenoising step and the step of judging effectiveness of the gain signalSG1 are further performed according to needs.

The quantity of levels of the PGA 1401 can be one of 2-6, theamplification factor is ½ to 16 times that of the gain signal SG1, andthe amplification factor is in the above range, such that afteramplified, the gain signal SG1 can be sampled and received by thedifferential analog to digital converter 150 always, if the gain signalSG1 is amplified to much, then the gain signal may get out of the rangeof the input signal of the differential analog to digital converter 150.

In one of the embodiments, the quantity of the levels of the PGA 1401are 5, and the amplification factor is ½ to 8 times of the gain signal,specifically, ½, 1, 2, 4 and 8 times.

Second manner: the adjusting module 1401 is a PGA, which is disposed inthe processor 130, and the PGA automatically adjusts the amplificationfactor of the gain signal SG1 according to the feedback of the comparingmodule, such that the adjusted gain signal SG1 accords with the presetcondition.

After it is ensured that the detection ST1 can be received, levels ofthe PGA can be one of 2-6, and the amplification factor is ½ to 16 timesthat of the gain signal SG1. In one of the embodiments, the quantity ofthe levels of the PGA are 5, and the amplification factor is ½ to 8times of the gain signal, specifically, ½, 1, 2, 4 and 8 times.

Third manner: a difference from the second manner is that the PGA isdisposed outside the processor, one end of the PGA is connected to anoutput end of an offset device 120, and the other end of the PGA isconnected to an input end of the processor 130, and is not repeatedherein.

Fourth manner: a difference from the first manner is that the fixed gainamplifier 1402 and the PGA 1401 are both disposed outside the processor130, and are not repeated herein.

In combination what is shown in FIG. 10, when two detecting devices areadopted to detect the signal, the first detecting device 1101 and thesecond detecting device 1102 respectively detect the boundary signal togenerate a first detection signal ST1′ and a second detection signalST2′, the process flow of the first detection signal ST1′ and that ofthe second detection signal ST2′ are similar, therefore, the processingflow of any one of the first detection signal ST1′ and the seconddetection signal ST2′ is the same as that of the detection signal ST1 byadopting one detecting device 110, and the structure constitution andprinciple are similar, and are not repeated herein.

The variety of the analog to digital converter of the embodiments ofpresent invention is not limited, a sampling manner is not limited, acommon analog to digital converter or a differential analog to digitalconverter can be adopted, as shown in FIG. 11a , in the sampling processof the common analog to digital converter, a method of obtaining thedetection signal of the detecting device comprises obtaining a voltageV1 of an inductance soil relative to a grounding end, then obtaining aninterference voltage V2 of the detecting device relative to thegrounding end, and V1 and V2 are subjected to a method of difference toobtain ΔV, which is a voltage value of the detection signal.

As shown in FIG. 11b , in the sampling process of the differentialanalog to digital converter 150, a method of obtaining the voltage valueof the detection signal of the detecting device comprises: directlyobtaining the differential value ΔV of V2 and V1, and the method issimple and can filter the interference of the grounding end.

A sampling frequency of the differential analog to digital converter 150of the embodiments of the present invention is 50 KHz, the adjusted gainsignal is sampled every 20 us to obtain a corresponding digitalamplitude value, the differential analog to digital converter 150 canstore 700 value points every time, the corresponding time is 14 ms,therefore, in the present embodiment, a processing period of a denoisingcontrol algorithm is 14 ms, that is, an index period corresponding tothe digital signal is 700 points. As known by those skilled in the art,the processing period can be changed according to a used hardware oradding a limiting condition. Therefore, the processing period does notlimit the embodiments of the present invention. The type of thedifferential analog to digital converter 150 of the present invention isfor example SDADC. Other types of analog to digital converters can alsobe adopted.

An optimal filter is also disposed in the processor 130, can filter aharmonic signal different from the boundary signal 50 in frequency, andimproves a signal to noise ratio to the greatest degree.

The automatic working system provided in the embodiments of the presentinvention can filter the interference signal weaker than the boundarysignal according to the setting of the upper threshold value and thelower threshold value to achieve the denoising aim, other denoisingmodules can also be disposed in the processor 130 as required, forexample, the automatic working system can be combined with a productalgorithm described in the international patent application with anapplication number PCT/CN2016/104718 for use, and the interferencesignal can be filtered to the greatest degree by combined use. Aspecific algorithm described in this patent application document is notrepeated.

The effective signal output from the processor 130 can be used forjudging that the automatic moving device 10 is in or outside the workingregion, and a distance between the automatic moving device and theboundary wire can be judged by using the strength of the effectivesignal. Further, by means of the distance between the automatic movingdevice and the boundary wire, a working route of the automatic movingdevice or a route of returning back to the charging station is planned,therefore, and a damage to a lawn is avoided.

The anti-interference capacity of the automatic working system of theembodiments of the present invention is effectively improved, therefore,the automatic working system is not only suitable for a small rangeworking region, but also suitable for a large range working region (forexample, an area of the working region 30 is larger than 4000 squaremeter).

The above embodiments are merely plural embodiments of the presentinvention, are specifically described in detail, but shouldn't beunderstood as a limitation to a protective scope of the presentinvention. It should be pointed out that without departing from aconcept of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make aplurality of transformations and improvements, which all fall within theprotective scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protectivescope of the present invention patent takes appended claims as acriterion.

What is claimed is:
 1. A control method of an automatic working system,said automatic working system comprises: a signal generating device (80)for generating a current signal, said current signal generating anelectromagnetic field when flowing through a boundary wire (50); and anautomatic moving device (10), said automatic moving device (10) havingat least one detecting device for detecting said electromagnetic field;wherein comprising the following steps: detecting said electromagneticfield, and generating at least one detection signal; amplifying said atleast one detection signal to form at least one gain signal; determininga feature point of said gain signal according to a preprocessingcondition, said preprocessing condition comprising that said featurepoint is a point in a function relation with an extreme point of saidgain signal; comparing said at least one feature point with a presetcondition, said preset condition comprising that said feature point islower than an upper threshold value and higher than a lower thresholdvalue; if said feature point is higher than said upper threshold value,then reduce an amplification factor of said gain signal, if said featurepoint is lower than said lower threshold value, then increase anamplification factor of said gain signal, such that said gain signalformed after adjusting accords with said preset condition.
 2. Thecontrol method of an automatic working system according to claim 1,wherein said feature point comprises an extreme point of said gainsignal, and said extreme point comprises a peak value and/or a valleyvalue.
 3. The control method of an automatic working system according toclaim 2, wherein when one of said peak value or said valley value doesnot accord with said preset condition, then adjust said amplificationfactor of said gain signal.
 4. The control method of an automaticworking system according to claim 1, wherein after said gain signalaccording with said preset condition is output, further comprising ananalog to digital conversion step for converting said gain signal into adigital signal.
 5. The control method of an automatic working systemaccording to claim 4, wherein after said digital signal is formed,further comprising a denoising step for removing an interference signalof said digital signal.
 6. The control method of an automatic workingsystem according to claim 5, wherein after said denoising step, furthercomprising a judging step, for judging that said detecting device is inor outside said boundary wire based on a denoised digital signal andforming at least one moving signal, and after said judging step, furthercomprising a driving step for driving said automatic moving device tomove according to said at least one moving signal.
 7. An automaticworking system, comprising: a signal generating device (80), configuredto generate a current signal; a boundary wire (50), forming an electricloop with said signal generating device (80), said current signalflowing through said boundary wire (50) to generate an electromagneticfield; an automatic moving device (10), automatically moving and workingin a working region (30) defined by said boundary wire (50), wherein,said automatic moving device (10) comprising at least one detectingdevice, further comprising an adjusting module (140) and a comparingmodule; said at least one detecting device detects said electromagneticfield to generate at least one detection signal, and said adjustingmodule amplifies said at least one detection signal to form at least onegain signal; determining a feature point of said gain signal accordingto a preprocessing condition, and said preprocessing condition comprisesthat said feature point is a point in a function relation with anextreme point of said gain signal; said comparing module compares saidat least one feature point with a preset condition, said presetcondition comprising that said feature point is lower than an upperthreshold value and higher than a lower threshold value; if said featurepoint is higher than said upper threshold value, then said adjustingmodule reduces an amplification factor of said gain signal, if saidfeature point is lower than said lower threshold value, then saidadjusting module increases an amplification factor of said gain signal,such that said gain signal formed after adjusting accords with saidpreset condition.
 8. The automatic working system according to claim 7,wherein said feature point comprises an extreme point of said gainsignal, and said extreme point comprises a peak value and/or a valleyvalue; when one of said peak value or said valley value does not accordwith said preset condition, said adjusting module adjusts saidamplification factor of said gain signal.
 9. The automatic workingsystem according to claim 7, wherein said automatic moving devicefurther comprises a processor (130) for processing said at least onegain signal, and said preset condition is disposed in said processor(130).
 10. The automatic working system according to claim 7, whereinsaid adjusting module comprises a programmable gain amplifier.
 11. Theautomatic working system according to claim 10, wherein said adjustingmodule comprises a fixed gain amplifier.
 12. The automatic workingsystem according to claim 10, wherein a level of the amplificationfactor of said programmable gain amplifier are one of 2-6 levels. 13.The automatic working system according to claim 10, wherein saidamplification factor of said programmable gain amplifier is ½ to 16times of said gain signal.
 14. The automatic working system according toclaim 7, wherein an analog to digital converter is electricallyconnected to said adjusting module, configured to convert said gainsignal into a digital signal.
 15. The automatic working system accordingto claim 14, wherein a denoising module is electrically connected tosaid analog to digital converter, configured to remove an interferencesignal of said digital signal.
 16. The automatic working systemaccording to claim 15, wherein a judging module is electricallyconnected to said denoising module, configured to judge that saiddetecting device is in or outside said boundary wire based on a denoiseddigital signal and then forms at least one moving signal.
 17. Theautomatic working system according to claim 16, wherein a controller iselectrically connected to said judging module, configured to receivesaid moving signal to drive said automatic moving device to move. 18.The automatic working system according to claim 9, wherein saidcomparing module, said adjusting module, said analog to digitalconverter, said denoising module and said judging module are integratedin said processor.
 19. The automatic working system according to claim7, wherein said at least one detecting device comprises a firstdetecting device (1101) and a second detecting device (1102); said firstdetecting device (1101) and said second detecting device detect (1102)said electromagnetic field to generate a first detection signal and asecond detection signal respectively; said adjusting module (140)amplifies said first detection signal and said second detection signalto form a first gain signal and a second gain signal respectively, saidcomparing module compares said first gain signal and said second gainsignal with said preset condition respectively, and said adjustingmodule adjusts an amplification factor of said first gain signal andsaid second gain signal respectively according to a comparing result.20. An automatic moving device, wherein comprising: at least onedetecting device, at least one fixed gain amplifier, further comprisingan adjusting module and a comparing module; said at least one detectingdevice detects electromagnetic field to generate at least one detectionsignal, said at least one fixed gain amplifier amplifies said at leastone detection signal to form at least one gain signal; determining afeature point of said gain signal according to a preprocessingcondition, said preprocessing condition comprises that said featurepoint is a point in a function relation with an extreme point of saidgain signal; said comparing module compares said at least one featurepoint with a preset condition, said preset condition comprising thatsaid feature point is lower than an upper threshold value and higherthan a lower threshold value; if said feature point is higher than saidupper threshold value, then said adjusting module reduces anamplification factor of said gain signal, if said feature point is lowerthan said lower threshold value, then said adjusting module increases anamplification factor of said gain signal, such that said gain signalformed after adjusting accords with said preset condition.